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      Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Wednesday, 9 August, 2023 - 21:17

    Twitter held in contempt, fined $350K over Trump data delay

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    Today, an unsealed court document revealed that, earlier this year, a federal judge held Twitter (now called X) in contempt of court. The judge imposed $350,000 in sanctions.

    Sanctions were applied after the social media platform delayed compliance with a federal search warrant that required Twitter to hand over Donald Trump's Twitter data without telling the former president about the warrant for 180 days.

    At first, Twitter resisted producing Trump's data and argued that the government's nondisclosure order violated the First Amendment and the Stored Communications Act. However, US circuit judge Florence Pan wrote that the court was largely unpersuaded by Twitter's arguments, mostly because the government's interest in Trump's data as part of its ongoing January 6 investigation was "unquestionably compelling."

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      Facebook has been helping law enforcement identify Capitol rioters

      Timothy B. Lee · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Friday, 12 February, 2021 - 18:00

    Supporters of former President Donald Trump, including Jake Angeli, a QAnon supporter known for his painted face and horned hat, enter the US Capitol on January 6.

    Enlarge / Supporters of former President Donald Trump, including Jake Angeli, a QAnon supporter known for his painted face and horned hat, enter the US Capitol on January 6. (credit: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

    Facebook has gone out of its way to help law enforcement officials identify those who participated in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, the company said in a Thursday conference call with reporters.

    "We were appalled by the violence," said Monika Bickert, Facebook's vice president of content policy. "We were monitoring the assault in real time and made appropriate referrals to law enforcement to assist their efforts to bring those responsible to account."

    She added that this "includes helping them identify people who posted photos of themselves from the scene, even after the attack was over" and that Facebook is "continuing to share more information with law enforcement in response to valid legal requests."

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